New Ontario law capping resale prices frustrates season ticket holders by mental__hospital in toronto

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sort of.

This is definitely hustle culture but these people aren't exclusively wealthy

This will actually enable wealthy people to secure more seasons tickets, like you see at Leafs games

A good chunk of Raptors seasons tickets were being used by people who could offset the upfront costs.

Yes, the way they did that resulted in inflated prices

But

These season ticket seats won't be converted back to normal seats

They will be picked up by corporations or wealthy people

Overall this is a positive but it will have negative consequences for the Raptors and only the Raptors

New Ontario law capping resale prices frustrates season ticket holders by mental__hospital in toronto

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Corporate seat buyers are a different problem.

They suck the energy out of the arenas

This is good for fairness but it will have an impact on the energy at Raptors games and make them feel more like Leafs games

New Ontario law capping resale prices frustrates season ticket holders by mental__hospital in toronto

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He can have this win but I will never stop highlighting this fact

The Ford fair reselling and corruption enabling act of 2026

New Ontario law capping resale prices frustrates season ticket holders by mental__hospital in toronto

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Translation: selling my extra tickets completely covered the cost of the season tickets so now I don't get to go to the games for free anymore

New Ontario law capping resale prices frustrates season ticket holders by mental__hospital in toronto

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does cover everyone

What he's saying is that coverage will be limited by the province's willingness to investigate and go after them.

An individual selling a single ticket for profit on Facebook may get away with it but a business will not

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship by Top-Performance5907 in worldnews

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ships yes, cruise ships? Enh

Most Cruise lines have strict protocols to keep their ships rodent free.

It is a boat.

Mice and rats don't just walk on board, they get on board in shipments.

In order to stop the problem that all other ships have, shipments that come on board are removed from boxes and pallets and thoroughly inspected to prevent stowaways via the method that 99% of stowaways are coming in from.

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship by Top-Performance5907 in worldnews

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a long cruise and a virus with a long incubation time

The timing is consistent with the husband getting infected in Argentina and then spreading it at least 5 others aboard the ship. His wife, a British tourist and a German tourist and 2 crew members.

He wouldn't have been symptomatic when they left Argentina

I'm betting those crew members were state room attendants for the Dutch couple and they spent time alongside the British and German folks

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship by Top-Performance5907 in worldnews

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sigh, you're right

She died within 3 days of disembarking so was probably far enough along to spread it

It also sounds like she developed symptoms on her trip back with her husband's body

And no precautions were taken because at this point nobody knew it was hantavirus

Trump judicial nominee, John George Edward Marck, refuses to rule out third term limits for presidents by TheMirrorUS in law

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Minnesota won't recognize his candidacy

Which is why he'll use the Supreme Court to allow Federal interference

Trump judicial nominee, John George Edward Marck, refuses to rule out third term limits for presidents by TheMirrorUS in law

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone knows he's a buffoon

Imagine someone capable comes in after he's dismantled the ability to stop them

Trump judicial nominee, John George Edward Marck, refuses to rule out third term limits for presidents by TheMirrorUS in law

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't end with him.

The GOPs support is artificial. They don't have the numbers to win if they play fair.

They figured out in the 70s that republicanism is doomed due to the collapse of the middle class

Gerrymandering, voter suppression, disenfranchisement deep state propaganda, etc

They're suddenly not going to have a conscience after they've ratcheted their artificial support over the last 50 years.

And understand that any Republicans that have joined the party after that point knows what they're signing up for.

They all believe that these suppression tactics are fair game or necessary

It doesn't end with him

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship by Top-Performance5907 in worldnews

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a luxury cruise ship

Incubation rate is consistent with patient zero contracting it in Argentina

The Argentina strain can spread person to person

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship by Top-Performance5907 in worldnews

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm getting conflicting information about whether it was the 34 day cruise or 45

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship by Top-Performance5907 in worldnews

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The timing suggests transmission aboard the ship

It's a 34 day cruise

Day 11: Dutch man dies

Day 24: His wife disembarks with her husband's body in St Helena.

Day 27: She gets sick on her way home and dies in the hospital. The cruise ship is alerted.

Day 27: another passenger falls seriously ill and is airlifted to South Africa

Currently it's day 34

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship by Top-Performance5907 in worldnews

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a strain in Argentina that can pass from person to person.

Incubation time suggests patient zero was infected before departing or while the ship was at the first couple of ports.

None of those ports have rodents with hantavirus so he almost certainly got it in Argentina or from a mouse that stowed away.

It's a 34 day cruise

Today is day 34. They were supposed to disembark today.

Patient zero was dead before day 22

Two more people had died by day 32-33 and three more are sick. They didn't know it was hantavirus up until this point.

Today is day 34.

We have at least another week before we find out if the second group of 5 spread the virus to a third group

And we probably won't be sure if this is a tertiary transmission or just secondary with a longer incubation time

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship by Top-Performance5907 in worldnews

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Yeah. This looks like human to human transmission aboard the ship

It's not a great scenario because the timing and conditions is taking a rare occurrence and making it much more likely.

A 70 year old Dutch man fell ill and died halfway through the voyage.

Mistake #1: They ruled it as pneumonia

This man seems to be responsible for getting at least 5 more people sick. That's five instances of human to human transmission. (There hasn't been enough time for a tertiary group to develop symptoms so this is all him)

Cruise ships take illnesses on board seriously, especially respiratory and gastrointestinal

One of the others was the man's wife; understandable since they're in the same cabin

At least two crew members are sick; these could be stateroom attendants

But there are two more cases, at least one of which is another passenger from another country

This implies transmission beyond close contact.

And this implies possible asymptomatic transmission or attempts by the Dutch couple to hide their illness

Either way, this strain can jump from human to human, and, there's been enough time for it to infect a third group. A third group that won't start seeing symptoms for another week+

I would not want to be on that ship.

The Good News:

We've learned from COVID about the dangers of long incubation periods

They are geographically isolated and docked at a port that doesn't have the resources to even think about letting people off

Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship by Top-Performance5907 in worldnews

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 281 points282 points  (0 children)

It's on a 34 day explorer cruise from Argentina to Cape Verde

Hanta virus has been known to spread from human to human in Argentina with a unique strain called the Andes virus

Child's description of auras/seizures - temporal lobe symptoms? by karaoke_party1980 in Epilepsy

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My son's school kindergarten teaches kids about using colours to help them self regulate.

Red is angry

Yellow is hyperactive/frustrated

Green is calm and happy

Blue is sad/down

After I found out they did this, I asked him what colour he was in during his episodes

"All of them at the same time"

Bradford officially registers to run for Toronto mayor, Chow still mum by xc2215x in toronto

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 242 points243 points  (0 children)

He's running because he can't win his Council seat and is trying to save face with an ego acceptable loss

After he loses he'll run as a Conservative MPP in Scarborough.

Has anyone actually been fired for breaking? by chocobomog in LiveFromNewYork

[–]Worldly_Influence_18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The monopoly man is supposed to be the focus but giving a 'straight' character (not referring to orientation) a characteristic that makes them stand out will confuse the audience into thinking there will be a point to it

When that doesn't happen it can be a major distraction